Lot 27
Haydn, Joseph - Johann Peter Salomon. Autograph working manuscript in the hand of Salomon of his arrangement for flute and string quartet of Haydn's Symphony No. 80 in D minor, the working manuscript in score notated in dark brown ink on two systems per page, each of five staves, with alterations, deletions and revisions, with the autograph title above the music, "Symphony Giuseppe Haydn…No. 12 8th Set adapted for 5 Instruments" (the figures altered, possibly in another hand), 28 pages, oblong folio (c. 27.5 x 39.5 cms), 10-stave paper, wide margins uncut, no place or date (possibly c. 1798), browning to the first and last page, tears to the first 2 leaves slightly touching the text. putograph manuscriots in the hand of Salomon are of the utmost rarity on the market.
The violinist J.P. Salomon (1745-1815) was of great importance in Haydn's career. It was Salomon who engineered Haydn's two visits to England (1791 and 1794), for which Haydn composed the twelve "London" or "Salomon" symphonies. Salomon signed contracts securing the rights for these symphonies in 1795 and 1796. Salomon's arrangement is recorded by Hoboken (Hob.I/80 c). It is a sophisticated arrangement for "Flauto, Violino 1mo, Violino 2do, Viola and Violoncello." The flute is frequently paired in unison with the violin, or at the octave with viol, in order to recreate tutti effects, even where the other strings are thereby rquired to play double-stopping. This is obviously a working score, with many erasures, deletions and revisions. The pattern of the ink quality assists in investigation of the arrangers' methods and with its smudges,variety and speed of Salomon's work. This was evidently arranged from an early source, possibly the autograph manuscript or one of the Royal Philharmonic Society scores, and thus has an importance for the early state of Haydn's symphony and its performance practice.
Salomon's editions for flute quintet of his arrangements of the twelve "London" symphonies were first announced in 1798 and published under his own name around the same time. For illustrations of Salomon's handwriting, see C. Hogwood, "In Praise of Arrangements: the Symphony Quintello," Studies in Music History presented to H.C. Robbins Landon, edited by O. Biba;& D. Wyn Jones, London, 1996, pp 82-104.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000.
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 8, 2000, lot 96.
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